Ore-hoist.



No. 830,836. PATBNTBD SEPLU, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE20,1906.

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CHARLES WALLACE HUNT, OF WEST NEW BRIGHTON, NEW YORK one-Homer.

Patented sept. 11, ieee.

Application filed June 20v 1906. Serial No. 322,518A

To @ZZ whom, t nw/y'cbncern:

Be 1t known that I, CHARLES WALLACE HUNT, a citizen ofthe United States, resi( .ing Y in West New Brighton, borough oi Richmond, city of N ew York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulv Improvements in Ore-Hoists, 85e., of which the followingis a specification, reference 'be ing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereoh This invention relates to apparatus for hoisting ore or other materials in which a is guided by suitable guides in its travel etween the poir-.t where it is filled and the point Where it is discharged.

Ordinarily the guides for the skip are straight at and near the oint where the skip 1s filled, and in order tli be far enough from the chute through which the coal or ore or other materia is discharged into it to clear the end of such chute in its travel, while atthe same time the coal or ore shall not dribble down from the end of the chute outside of the skip, but be discharged into the skip so long asthe delivery continues, it is common to provide the chute With an extension which projects slightly over the side of the skip and must be turned back before the skip is raised. In the practical operation of such apparatus it not infrequently happens that t e skip is started on its upward movement before the chute extension is turned back, with the result that the chute extension is sometimes torn away.

It is the object of'this invention to overcome the difficulties above alluded to and to provide means whereby the skipshall` .be properly positioned beneath the chute or its extension to receive all of the coal or ore dischar ed from such chute, no matter how slow y it may run, and in its movement after being filled shall clear the end of the chute or extension, even if the extension, if used, is not turned back out of the Way. In accordance with the invention' the vertical guides for the skip) are given an inward compound curve or end just below the hor1- zontal plane of the lip of the chute, so that the skip shall come to rest beneath the end of the chute or its extension and in its upward movement shall be carried away from the end of the chute or its extension sufficiently to clear the same and shallcontinue its upward movement without danger of; carrying away the extension or the end oi the chute.

at the skip may The invention will be more fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which is il`h1strated,'partlv in Section and .partly in elevation, so much of a coal or ore hoisting a paratus as is neeessary to enable the app ication of the invention to be understood.

in the embodiment ci the invention illustrat'ed in the drawing there areA shown rails (L e to direct a loaded ear over the hopper b, into which the load may be discharged. The latter is provided with a discharge-chute c and suitable valve d, which may be of any usual or preferred constrmition. The chute Vis also shown as provided with an extension e, although no extension is necessary in con-A nection with the use of the present invention. The skip may be'oi any desired form and construction and may be provided ,ild'ith a lfioieting-ropeV g (indicated by a broken line) or `ijvtherwise connected suitably to the hoistingf, engine. (Not shown.) The skip is also shawn as providcdwith projecting,r studs or roliers h h', which engage, res ectively, v,he l uides ri'and i', by which the s rip is directed 1n its movements and is caused to discharge itsfload at the proper point. The guides i and are shown as substantially vertical; but near the horizontal plane oi the mouth of'the chute c they are curved or inclined inwardly, vas indicated at i2, and again downwardly, as inoicated at i, so although it asses the end of the chute or extension wlien moving in eitherA drection without striking the same, it nevertheless initsdownward movement below the end of the chute is carried beneath the end of the chute, as clearly shown in the drawing, and comes to rest, as upon the blocks le, Pprovide lY therefor, with the end of the chute'or its eritension projecting over the near sde of the skip; ln Athis position the ski) receives all of the coal or other material delivered by the chute without permitting any of such material to iall outside of the skip no matter how nearly closed may be the valve d nor how slowly the coal runs from the chute. Furthermore, as will be seen by examination of the drawing, when the skip moves upward its edge will clear the lip of the chutebr its extension and the danger of carrying away the chute or its extension will be wholly obviated.

i claim as my invention# i 1. In an apparatus of the character described the combiimtion with a chute land a that the skip f,

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vertcally-movable skip of guides fof saidf tance from the end of the chute to permit skip standing at a distance from ille end of the skip to clear the end of the chute, and

the chute to permitv the skip o clear the Curved inwardl)vv and downwardly below 15 same in its movement and carried inwarr such plane to carry the skip inwardly below` toward the vert-ical plane of the chute below the end of the chute.

the same to guide the skip helow the end of This specification signed and witnessed this 18th day of June, A. D. 1906.

the chute.- 2. In an apparatus of the character rle- CHARLES VALLACE HUT scribed the combination with a chute and a I 'Skip Such guides being vertical above the ln presence 0f- L. D. FORMAN,

GEO. K. JENCKES.

vertically-movable skip 'of guides for the' plane of the. end of the T@hote and at a dis- 

